Neural Regeneration Research ›› 2018, Vol. 13 ›› Issue (6): 1118-1120.doi: 10.4103/1673-5374.233456

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Injury of thalamocortical connection between the mediodorsal nucleus of the thalamus and the orbitofrontal cortex in a patient with traumatic brain injury

Sung Ho Jang1, Seong Ho Kim2, Sang Seok Yeo3   

  1. 1Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University, Namku, Daegu, Republic of Korea;
    2Department of Neurosurgery, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University, Namku, Daegu, Republic of Korea;
    3 Department of Physical Therapy, College of Health Sciences, Dankook University, Cheonan-si, Chungnam, Republic of Korea
  • Received:2017-12-10 Online:2018-06-15 Published:2018-06-15
  • Contact: Sang Seok Yeo, Ph.D.,eangbul@hanmail.net.
  • Supported by:

    This work was supported by the National Research Foundation (NRF) of Korea Grant funded by the Korean Government (MSIP) (2015R1A2A2A01004073).

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Abstract:

The prefrontal cortex (PFC) is responsible for personality expression and various cognitive functions, including working memory, recognition memory, decision making, attention, and motivation. Anatomical tract-tracing studies have demonstrated that the PFC receives many afferent fibers from the mediodorsal nucleus (MD) of the thalamus through the thalamocortical connection .